Josef Masopust was named best Czech footballer of the century in 2000.

Czech football great Josef Masopust, the former Ballon d'Or winner who led the national side to the final of the 1962 World Cup, has died aged 84.

The Club of Josef Masopust's Friends, the organisation that takes care of his legacy, said he died in his Prague home on Monday morning. No cause of death was given, but the Czech public television said he was battling a serious, long-term illness.

The host nation fails to get out of group stage of the U21 European Championship despite drawing with Germany.

Hosts Czech Republic failed to make it out of the group stage of the U21 Euro Championships after drawing 1-1 with Germany on Tuesday.

The Czech squad turned back numerous scoring opportunities from the Germans in the first half and nearly opened the scoring in the 47th minute only to have Jakub Brabec's header cleared off the goal line by the German defence.

The Germans opened their account eight minutes later when Nico Schulz collected a loose ball outside the six-yard box and put a...

Both FIFPro and the Czech players' union have questioned the reliability of polygraph tests.

FIFPro has urged players at Czech club Banik Most not to take lie detector tests over suspicions of match-fixing.

Banik Most, second bottom of the Czech second division after suffering nine straight defeats, appear certain to be relegated as they are 10 points from safety with five games to play, and the club announced on their official website on Monday that, after an internal analysis of last month's 5-2 defeat to FK Pardubice, the players would be subjected to a polygraph.